Scotland Housing Awards 2024

Aico, an Ei Company, are the European market leader in home life safety, pioneering new technologies and offering high quality alarms, developed and manufactured in Ireland. All Aico alarms meet UK standards and offer a variety of sensor types to guarantee protection for every home, the cornerstone of which is delivering education, quality, service and innovation. In 2020, Aico expanded their Connected Home offering with the acquisition of leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, HomeLINK. HomeLINK are a multi-award-winning high-tech software team within Aico that leverage cutting edge home integration and analytic technologies to address the needs of social landlords and their residents.

SafeDeposits Scotland is the country’s leading tenancy deposit protection scheme, protecting deposits for approximately two thirds of the market. The only tenancy deposit scheme based in Scotland, SafeDeposits is a not-for-profit organisation and surpluses generated are donated to its grant giving charity, the SafeDeposits Scotland Charitable Trust, which aims to promote education, training and best practice in Scotland’s private rented sector.

Kingdom Housing Association was established in 1979 to provide housing and support
to single vulnerable people in Fife. Since then, they have become one of Scotland’s
leading housing associations working in East Central Scotland, providing a range of
affordable housing and support services to meet a wide range of needs.

Kingdom Housing Association is the parent company within the Kingdom Group of
companies and they have two wholly owned subsidiary companies, Kingdom Support &
Care (KSC) and Kingdom Initiatives (KI). The Grange St Andrews LLP represents a
groundbreaking partnership with the University of St Andrews.

Kingdom Support and Care is a Community Interest Company providing a full range of
care and support services to help people live independently in the community. Kingdom
Initiatives is a non-charitable subsidiary providing mid market rented housing. Grange
St Andrews LLP is a limited liability partnership with the University of St Andrews, in
which Kingdom Initiatives has a majority stake, delivering affordable housing for
post-graduate students and University staff in St Andrews. All Kingdom companies
progress activities that contribute to achieving Group objectives.

Together, the Kingdom Group delivers a diverse range of services that reflect the
Group's mission to provide more than a home. These include:

● Providing high-quality, affordable and sustainable homes across a range of
tenures and wraparound services that support customers and their families to
achieve their potential.
● Providing personalised support services, including care at home and housing
support, employability and initiatives to tackle homelessness, delivering
life-changing outcomes.
● Supporting communities to thrive through the work of community initiatives and
wider-role services, collaborations and partnership working.

Kingdom’s commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience is
underpinned by its Values-to-Vision approach adopted by staff at all levels. Linking the
CARES Values (Customer, Accountable, Respect, Efficient, Supportive) with personal
objectives and learning and development plans through to the ultimate Vision.

The Kingdom Group is an accredited Living Wage Employer.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is the membership body for, and collective voice of, housing associations and co-operatives in Scotland. We represent 131 housing associations and co-operatives, or 96% of the sector, and our members provide almost 300,000 homes for over half a million tenants. We exist to represent, connect and support our members.

Our vision is that our members are central to Scotland’s social and economic recovery and renewal. It is everyone’s right to live in a safe, warm and affordable home, in a thriving community. Our members are uniquely positioned as community anchors across Scotland, supporting people and their communities. 

Our mission is to sustain and strengthen the impact our members have on people and communities across Scotland.  

Since our founding in 1967, the University of Stirling has always been driven by transformative thinking and a spirit of innovation. Our mission is to do everything we can to give our students the knowledge and expertise to make their impact in the world.

Everything we do makes a positive difference to people's lives. We are an agent for change, connecting people, innovating and transforming the lives of our students, staff and the global communities we serve. We have a constant desire to innovate and improve in order to make a difference to society. It’s how we’ve earned our global reputation for high-quality teaching and internationally acclaimed research.

Our Housing Studies postgraduate courses offer a unique combination of academic study delivered online and on-campus, helping to build the careers of those working in housing and professional work experience for those new to the sector. The accreditation by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) means students meet the requirements for chartered membership of the CIH on completion of the course.

ALACHO is the representative organisation for senior housing and homelessness professionals working in Scotland’s Councils and Health and Social Care Partnerships.

Our purpose is to provide impartial advice and comment to support the development of legislation, policy and practice in housing and homelessness nationally and locally and to promote best practice and improved outcomes from our housing at all levels. 

To achieve this, we will work with our members, tenants and service users, COSLA and the Scottish Government, the CIH, registered social landlords and other organisations in the statutory and voluntary sector to:

In all our work we will seek to develop a human rights-based approach that supports the delivery of the public sector equalities duty, reduces inequality and challenges discrimination in all areas of service delivery. 

ALACHO is a non-party political organisation, we recognise and respect the political leadership in local government, the role of COSLA as the representative voice of Scottish local Authorities and of tenants’ organisations in representing the views and interests of tenants.  In all our work we will seek to reflect the diversity of local conditions and housing systems and the varying needs of all Scotland’s communities.